¶ Siþen þar noght lang þai bade,
Bot to bethleem þair flitting made,
þar wit iesu wond þai.
Line 12519
Iosep cald him to on a dai
His eildest son, was cald Iam,
He sent him to þe yerd be nam
For to gedir þam sum cale;
And iesus still him efter stal,
Line 12524
Ioseph and mari vnwittand;
And quils he was þis cale gaderand,
Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...
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- Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ...
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- London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,
- 1874-93.
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"Cursor mundi (The cursur o the world). A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions. Ed. by the Rev. Richard Morris ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AJT8128.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2025.
Pages
Page 720
A nedder stert vte of þe sand,
Line 12527
And stanged Iam in þe hand.
For he was hurt ful selli sare [folio 69b:1]
Reuli can he cri and rare,
Bolnand in a litel wei,
Line 12531
þat al-mast bigan he to dei;
For bitternes he dun him laid,
And of-sith walawai! he said,
"Mi hand es stanged sare felli."
Quen iesus hard þis reuful cri
Line 12536
þat þis wreche Iam made,
Til him he yode wit-vten bade,
And did he him na noþer gin,
Line 12539
Bot hent his hand and bleu þar-in.
Keland he made al hale his hand,
And ded þe worm biside þai fand.